Presidential preference

Specific votes

Fiscal Cliff

Nunnelee voted against the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. He was 1 of 151 Republicans that voted against the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257 - 167 vote on January 1, 2013.[8]

Campaign themes

2012

Economy & Jobs

Excerpt: "I believe true economic growth comes from the private sector; the government cannot spend us into prosperity."[9]

Education

Excerpt: "We should allow states and schools to have the ability to set their own innovative priorities and receive maximum flexibility in advancing those priorities."[10]

Healthcare

Excerpt: "We need to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in order to clear the way for patient centered health care reform."[11]

Immigration

Excerpt: "We should first and foremost secure the borders and enforce existing laws. We also need to start dealing with the magnet that draws people here and that is the jobs."[12]

National Defense

Excerpt: "I support a strong national defense by providing our military with the resources it needs to keep our nation safe and maintain freedom."[13]

Legislative actions

113th Congress

The second session of the 113th Congress enacted into law 114 out of the 3,036 introduced bills (3.8 percent). Comparatively, the 112th Congress had 4.2 percent of introduced bills enacted into law in the second session.[14] For more information pertaining to Nunnelee's voting record in the 113th Congress, please see the below sections.[15]

National security

American intervention in Syria

Nunnelee signed a letter to President Obama on August 28, 2013. The letter encouraged Obama to "consult and receive authorization from Congress before ordering the use of U.S. military force in Syria. Your responsibility to do so is prescribed in the Constitution and the War Powers Resolution of 1973."[16]

National Defense Authorization Act

Nunnelee supported HR 1960 - the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. The bill passed the House on June 14, 2013, with a vote of 315 - 108. Both parties were somewhat divided on the vote.[17]

Department of Homeland Security Appropriations

Nunnelee supported HR 2217 - the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2014. The bill passed the House on June 6, 2013, with a vote of 245 - 182 and was largely along party lines.[17]

Keystone Pipeline Amendment

Nunnelee opposed House Amendment 69, which would have amended HR 3 to "require that the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, in consultation with the Department of Homeland Security, conduct a study of the vulnerabilities of the Keystone XL pipeline to a terrorist attack and certify that necessary protections have been put in place." The amendment failed on May 22, 2013, with a vote of 176 - 239 and was largely along party lines.[17]

Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act

Nunnelee supported HR 624 - the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. The bill passed the House on April 18, 2013, with a vote of 288 - 127. The bill would allow federal intelligence agencies to share cybersecurity intelligence and information with private entities and utilities.[18] The bill was largely supported by Republicans but divided the Democratic Party.[17]

Budget spending bill

Nunnelee released a statement on September 28, 2013 regarding the budget spending bill. He said, "Today, the House will amend the Senate continuing resolution to include a one-year delay of Obamacare and permanently repeal the job-killing Obamacare medical device tax. We will also pass a separate bill to make sure our troops get paid, no matter what."

"Even the strongest supporters of the Affordable Care Act admit implementation is a train wreck; the law is simply not ready for prime time. Therefore, the Democrat-controlled Senate will have choice: will they shut the government down to protect the President's health care law or agree to keep the government open while granting families and small businesses the same delay from Obamacare that the President has already given big business?"[21]

Immigration

Immigration Executive Order

Morton Memos Enforcement Prohibition

Nunnelee voted for House Amendment 136 - Prohibits the Enforcement of the Immigration Executive Order. The amendment was adopted by the House on June 6, 2013, with a vote of 224 - 201. The purpose of the amendment as stated on the official text is to "prohibit the use of funds to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce the Morton Memos." These memos would have granted administrative amnesty to certain illegal aliens residing in the United States.[22] The vote largely followed party lines.[23]

Healthcare

Obamacare

Repealing Obamacare

Nunnelee has supported all attempts to repeal or delay the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.[24]

Social issues

Abortion

Nunnelee supported HR 1797 - Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. The resolution passed the House on June 18, 2013, with a vote of 228 - 196. The purpose of the bill is to ban abortions that would take place 20 or more weeks after fertilization.[25]

Campaign donors

Comprehensive donor information for Nunnelee is available dating back to 1999. Based on available campaign finance records, Nunnelee raised a total of $3,623,643 during that time period. This information was last updated on June 3, 2013.[33][34]

Lifetime voting record

According to the website GovTrack, Nunnelee missed 54 of 1,698 roll call votes from Jan 2011 to Apr 2013, which is 3.2% of votes during that period. This is worse than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving. [43]

Congressional staff salaries

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Nunnelee paid his congressional staff a total of $721,470 in 2011. Overall, Mississippi ranked 41st in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[44]

Net worth

2011

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Nunnelee's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between $365,011 and $875,000. That averages to $620,005, which is lower than the average net worth of Republican representatives in 2011 of $7,859,232. His average net worth increased by 1.3% from 2010.[45]

2010

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org, Nunnelee's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $364,010 to $860,000. This yields an average net worth of $612,005, which is lower than the average net worth of Republicans in 2010 of $7,561,133.[46]

National Journal vote ratings

Each year, National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of Congress voted, as compared to other members, in the previous year. More information about the analysis process can be found on the vote ratings page.

2012

According to the data released in 2013, Nunnelee was ranked the 43rd most conservative representative during 2012.[47]

2011

According to the data released in 2012, Alan Nunnelee was ranked the 56th most conservative representative during 2011.[48]

Voting with party

2013

Alan Nunnelee voted with the Republican Party 97.8% of the time, which ranked 41st among the 234 House Republican members as of June 2013.[49]

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Personal

Nunnelee lives in Tupelo, Mississippi, with his wife, Tori (nee Bedels), and their three children.[50]